In this new age of easy contact it is too easy to not really make contact. A person can manage many relationships with others, and feel pretty fulfilled. I don’t think it’s that way for a lot of others – including their contacts. These contacts feel rejected very easily, get lost, lose hope, and often wander into poor ideology. Perhaps that is what is fueling so much violence on the planet.

I can imagine that a relatively immature young person with a feeling of loss could easily find organized, armed struggle as an outlet for their loss of hope. They can have a religious zealot pushing them, get together with real people, and get directed and motivated toward violent ends. They are like zombies really. They have a purpose that’s not really theirs. They would rather have hope, work or study, have a place to call home, and have a close relationship with someone they care for.

Somehow I believe our current technological advancement is creating this huge sense of loss and being lost. Too much promise or hopes that are dashed without a second thought. There is no recourse. People give up until the bad elements find them, and soon enough they are directing their very real anger at the rest of us.

How do we turn this situation around? Society is becoming more cold and heartless in this regard with social networking. I don’t think it is on purpose or even that we are conscious of this cold and heartless behavior. We think of the positive contact and not the easy, cold shut off. Your emotions and feelings are activated, and “Bam!” they are shut down by someone – not gently like with true human contact. They are not able to see that you care.

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Read, interact, think and create.

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Make sure you take care of the essentials even as you help others -

Get enough sleep

Eat right

Exercise plenty

Keep in touch with loved ones

Be ready to vote

Vote for people that want to make the world better especially for the disadvantaged, and not for people that want to make things harder for all but the wealthy

One thing is for sure in this world – we can improve things. There is not a guarantee that other systems, individuals included, will work to make things better. But, we can. We are intelligent and loving even if we are misguided at times. There are many issues to consider from the gassing of the powerless in Syria to non-sustainable practices by way too many to excessive rivalry in our own communities.

None of us will be perfect in our expression or our actions, but if we commit to working hard to making things better we will succeed despite the inertia and drawbacks that will inevitably occur. That we work hard at it will lead to others doing the same – a positive rivalry situation. It is really important to have these positive examples of working hard to improve things going on all around us. We are all inspired by them – from our youth to our elderly.

“You gotta get up and try, try, try” as the Pink song says. We all do. The President does, and he shows it when he consults with other branches of the government prior to taking serious action. Hopefully his actions will encourage others to try to be more inclusive and sensitive when making tough decisions. Some governments and large entities are slow to move forward, but they will. We have witnessed tremendous positive changes in even the most rigidly ridiculous governments, regimes and individuals to ever exist. We see it despite their tendency to backslide at times.

We will need to be tough and destructive and times. It isn’t what we want to do, but we aren’t given any other option by powerful entities that are behaving in a dysfunctional way. Systems that are dysfunctional and/or lethal to others need to be stopped and restructured. People are too valuable to allow them to be destroyed or even abused. We don’t want it to happen to us, so we just cannot let it happen to others. We may have been slow to respond today or in the past to terrible happenings, but we need to help improve things for everyone the best we can.

Really there is no reason that we don’t make sure that all citizens get a chance to run for office let alone vote. We will benefit by more inclusion and true diversity than by exclusion and narrow mindedness. Sharing our bounty is important and will benefit each and everyone in ways we can’t even imagine. Sure, we need to work hard to make systems work for us. We will disagree, and we will be passionate about our beliefs, but we can resolve to work together to move forward. It is in our best interest and that of our descendants. Are we not our descendants, too?

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I am looking for good, wholesome food ideas including where to eat out, the best groceries and recipes. I am partial to whole grain, natural, organic and sustainable green foods. I am planning on setting up the information geographically, and all countries are on the table, eh. Please share what you know.

Take care of yourself in all ways.

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This You

You’re going through this world
It’s making you dizzy
You need to stop for a moment
Make sure you’re not too silly

Walk through the park
Place your feet on the ground
A song fills the air
Hear that beautiful sound

You are brave, be brave
You make this world better
You are kind, be kind
We’re in this world together
You are kind, be kind
You will be remembered

You have a remarkable journey
A voyage of discovery
Bridging torn relations
You bring dignity

This work isn’t easy
But it’s all worth your while
Let’s do our best
To make the world smile

You are brave, be brave
You make this world better
You are kind, be kind
We’re in this world together
You are kind, be kind
You will be remembered

Listen
Learn
Discover
Create

You are brave, be brave
You make this world better
You are kind, be kind
We’re in this world together
You are kind, be kind
You will be remembered

We are at this point again where in the north the daylight lasts longer each day, and where in the south the night begins to slowly become more prominent. This has been an important time of year for humanity since time immemorial. Somehow we celebrate having more sun and that it does not die a little later than the winter solstice’s actual day. Somehow we mark this time with decorations of evergreen trees. It is mostly a time of sharing gifts for many; it is not even much to consider for many more.

Every day is a day when light can grow to be a bigger and better part of your life. You have learned so much since your conception, you will learn much more, and you have the ability to help in so many ways. We all need you to do what you do as well and good as you can. Whether you make shoes or sell shoes, create material or clean up the office, feed people that work or protect them from harm, then, please do your best. We need the pilots, the mechanics, the hosts, the ticket clerks and everyone involved to do their best to make traveling long distances safe and pleasurable.

You are always needed to do your best to make things work. If you find a problem fix it, or bring enough attention to the problem to gain a worthy solution. Help make everything to become more sustainable. We need things thought through with care and completeness. Think not just about those you identify with the most as important; rather, think about everyone as being as important as your most loved.

You have many gifts. Open your gifts. Make them to benefit not just yourself, but everyone. Share your gifts like you like others to share with you. Enjoy your loved ones, and treat all others as you would the ones you care most about. If you are not well, get help to become well. We need you to be at your best. We need to make all things as good as we can – better tomorrow than today. Don’t give up and destroy, but begin every moment with an eye towards helping the Earth and the universe to be a little better for our shining lights.